The present investigation of shallow-water gastropod Bulinus globosus is reported on nearshore sites in and around Cape Maclear on the northwestern part of the Nankumba Peninsula, Lake Malawi (part of Lake Malawi National Park) at a depth of 10 M. The present remark focuses on the geographical distribution and habitats of this group and sample have observed in Cape Maclear Island, Republic of M...

Background Equity and social inclusion for vulnerable groups in policy development processes and resulting documents remain a challenge globally. Most often, the marginalization of vulnerable groups is overlooked in both the planning and practice of health service delivery. Such marginalization may occur because authorities deem the targeting of those who already have better access to healthcar...

Background Despite numerous efforts to improve maternal and child health in Malawi, maternal and newborn mortality rates remain very high, with the country having one of the highest maternal mortality ratios globally. The aim of this study was to identify which individual factors best predict utilisation of skilled maternal healthcare in a sample of women residing in Lilongwe district of ...

Background: Some microorganisms can adhere to food handling surfaces forming biofilms that pose a safety challenge. This study was done to evaluate bacterial biofilm formation in milking equipments in Lilongwe, Malawi. Methods: Pooled milk (n=54) and water (n=60) samples were collected from households and milk bulking groups in Lilongwe, Malawi. Swabbing (n=46) and rinsing (n=16) were done on ...

Malawian Adults Emma Wall, MBChB, MRCP, DTM&H, MRes; Khumbo Kasambala; Veronica Mlozowa; Malango Msukwa MA; Mavuto Mukaka, PhD; Theresa Allain, FRCP PhD; Mulinda Nyirenda, MMed; Brian Faragher, PhD; Robert Heyderman, PhD; David Lalloo, MB, BS, MD; Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Depa...

in Malawi Sarah E. Rutstein; Mina Hosseinipour MD, MPH; Alice Soko; Memory Mkandawire; Eva Stein; Charles Mclendon; Deborah Kamwendo; Mary Kadiwa; Eldee Paladar; Abdoulaye Sarr; Sundeep Gupta MD, MPH; Frank Chimbwandira; Reuben Mwenda; Ronald Mataya, MD; Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; University of North Carolina Project...

1. Malawi University of Science and Technology, Thyolo, Malawi 2. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 3. Malawi College of Medicine–Johns Hopkins University Research Project, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi 4. Mahidol–Oxford Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand 5. Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Healt...

1 Baobab Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 3 Maame Akua, Area 43, Lilongwe, Malawi, 4 Department for HIV and AIDS, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi, 5 International Training and Education Center for Health, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 6 Management Sciences f...

1 Baobab Health Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, 3 Maame Akua, Area 43, Lilongwe, Malawi, 4 Department for HIV and AIDS, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi, 5 International Training and Education Center for Health, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 6 Management Sciences f...

The Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid flock is one of the largest vertebrate adaptive radiations. The geographical source of the radiation has been assumed to be rivers to the south and east of Lake Malawi, where extant representatives of the flock are now present. Here, we provide mitochondrial DNA evidence suggesting the sister taxon to the Lake Malawi radiation is within the Great Ruaha rive...